Daniel Sotres

Dani Sotres
Personal information
Full name Daniel Sotres Castañeda
Date of birth (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993
Place of birth Santiago de Cudeyo, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Levante B
Youth career
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Racing B 24 (0)
2012–2014 Racing Santander 24 (0)
2014–2016 Recreativo 27 (0)
2015–2016 → Racing Santander (loan) 12 (0)
2016– Levante B 0 (0)
National team
2012 Spain U19 3 (0)
2013 Spain U20 8 (0)
2013 Spain U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sotres and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.

Daniel 'Dani' Sotres Castañeda (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Sotres was born in Santiago de Cudeyo, Cantabria. A product of local Racing de Santander's youth ranks he made his debut for the first team on 9 April 2012 (one month shy of his 19th birthday), coming off the bench to replace injured Mario Fernández in a 0–3 La Liga away loss against Málaga CF;[1][2] three days later he was handed his first start, but his team against lost by the same scoreline, at home to RCD Mallorca,[3] being eventually relegated at the season's end.

Sotres was definitely promoted to Racing's main squad for the 2012–13 campaign, going on to feature in 14 Segunda División games – 15 overall – as the club again dropped down a level.[4] On 29 January 2014, with the club immerse in a financial crisis, he moved to Recreativo de Huelva but had to wait until March to start playing.

On 29 July 2015, Sotres was loaned back to his first club Racing for one year, with an option to a permanent three-year deal after the expiration of the loan.[5] On 31 August of the following year he signed for another reserve team, Atlético Levante UD also in the third division.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Malaga breeze to win; ESPN Soccernet, 9 April 2012
  2. ↑ «Salté al césped y me olvidé de todo» («I just took the pitch and forgot about everything»); El Diario Montañés, 11 April 2012 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Racing rout secures Mallorca's survival; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2012
  4. ↑ Sólo ocho jugadores con contrato y sin entrenador (Only eight players under contract and no manager); El Diario Montañés, 6 July 2013 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Dani Sotres vuelve al Racing para reforzar la portería (Dani Sotres returns to Racing to bolster the goal); Racing Santander, 29 July 2015 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Dani Sotres se incorpora al Atlético Levante UD (Dani Sotres joins Atlético Levante UD); Levante UD, 31 August 2016 (Spanish)
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